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N.Y. Herald Saturday, Nov. 18, 1916 ARTIST BEQUEATHS INCOME OF ESTATE TO ENCOURAGE ART Henry W. Ranger Provides for Purchase of Paintings by Americans American artists are the beneficiaries of the estate of Henry W. Ranger, noted land- scape painter, who left $213,320. His will, filed yesterday in the Surrogates' Court, gives the income of the entire amount to the National Academy of Design on condi- tion that it be spent in the purchase of paintings by American artists. Mr. Ranger died November 7. His will, executed January 1, 1914, directed that his wife receive the income from the entire estate for life and that it go to the Acad- emy on her death. Mrs. Helen Endora Ranger pre-deceased her husband. The specifications concerning the be- quest follow:-"I direct that my entire residuary estate be paid over to the Na- tional Academy of Design, the principal to be kept invested and the income thereof to be spent by the council of said Acad- emy in purchasing paintings produced by American artists, at least two-thirds of such income to be spend in the purchase of works of artists who are forty-five years of age or over, it remaining optional with the council to spend the remaining third or any part thereof in the purchase of works by younger artists. All pictures so purchased are to be given by the council to art institutions in America or to any library or other institutions in America maintaining a gallery open to the public, all such gifts to be upon the express condition that the National Gal- lery at Washington, administered by the Smithsonian Institution, shall have the op- tion and right, without cost, to take, re- claim and own any picture for their collection, provided they exercise such option and right at any time during the five years' period beginning ten years after the artist's death, and, if such option and right is not exercised during such period the picture shall remain and be the property of the institution to which it was first given. The words 'America' and 'American,' as used above, shall be construed as equivalent to 'North America' and 'North American,' respectively." Charles Henry Phelps, of No. 412 West End avenue, and William Macbeth, of No. 834 Prospect place, are the executors. The only relative left by Mr. Ranger is Miss Edith F. Ranger, a sister, of No. 211 West Fifty-fifth street.
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